pecahan
Indonesian
Etymology
Affixed pecah + -an, from Malay pecahan. The sense of fraction is a semantic loan from Dutch breuk (“fraction”, literally “fracture, break”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pə.t͡ʃa.han/
- Rhymes: -han, -an
- Hyphenation: pê‧cah‧an
Noun
pêcahan (plural pecahan-pecahan)
- fragment
- Synonym: serpihan
- (mathematics) fraction
- (finance) denomination: a unit in a series of money
- Synonym: denominasi
Derived terms
- pecahan berulang
- pecahan lancung
- pecahan murni
- pecahan takmurni
Further reading
- “pecahan”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Malay
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pə.t͡ʃa.han/
- Rhymes: -han, -an
Noun
pecahan (Jawi spelling ڤچهن, plural pecahan-pecahan)
Derived terms
- pecahan tak wajar
- pecahan wajar
Further reading
- “pecahan”, in Kamus Dewan [The Institute Dictionary] (in Malay), Fourth edition, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2005, →ISBN
- “pecahan”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017